Extra 15: A certain day in a smithy (1/2)
Extra 15: A certain day in a smithy
This is a story that happened a little after Makoto had arrived at Tsige
In this world, most of the tableware used is wooden or metallic; this applied to the demi-humans as well And in the workshops of the dwarfs, ht now, a new equipment was about to be born at a part of the workshop; an earth do used to make earthenware The dwarfs knew of its existence, but there were practically none who have actually used it
The reason was simple, the ceramics and porcelain that are made with earth and stone as raw material were easy to produce but break just as easily
In the world of the Goddess where metals aremetallic or wooden was the standard
“Pottery huh I know about its existence, but it is easy to ood points If you are worried about theto your food, you can simply use woodenware after all”
It hen Misu to the dwarfs about pottery and ceramics with the dwarfs
It looked like pottery didn’t resonate ic
Toed it (accurately speaking, were e) with ht It looked pretty si their ability as crafts to the craftsmen about pottery and the elderly craftsmen knew about its existence
He was surprised that the ceramics that are so common in his world were practically not used here, but once he thought about it, it is true that he hasn’t seen many around
“The most i that is used regularly, it is better for it to be durable and of easy use after all”
“I see Then there’s no need to force ourselves to make ceramics I have not felt disco that you are going through the trouble offor the ones that don’t break as easily isn’t that bad” (Makoto)
“Yes, in a near future, ill prepare nice things that feel no different from what Waka-sa that-ja!” (Tomoe)
“Toe in earthenware either Even if you were to search in h information to recreate i—” (Makoto)
But Makoto ended up re…
At a field trip he went, he had accos If they were to try, it wouldn’t be impossible
“…Looks like there’s a chance, Waka” (Tomoe)
“But there’s no need to” (Makoto)
“Challenging new things is the way of the crafts Makoto, Toht even be called inti on them with the matter of katanas In the first place, you may think it is easy to make ceramics from earth, but it is actually an incredible forhtheartedly try out—” (Makoto)
“Let us do it! Please order us to!”
“Eh?” (Makoto)
Makoto was repri the burden on the dwarfs, but was heavily surprised at their unexpected approval to To it huh! Then wait for a bit, I will proather the information” (Tomoe)
“Please do so, Tomoe-sama”
“Leave it to me!” (Tomoe)
“W-Why?” (Makoto)
Makoto watched over the conversation with the craftsh spirits
He didn’t notice that he had inadvertently poked at the craftsmen spirit of the dwarf
Due to this, after a while…inside Asora, at a part of the residence area of the dwarfs, a furnace had been made
“I see, the reason why the rice bowls are daed at times is because they arethe ones that were molded from this clay, you burn them in fire and increase their hardness huh Fu it as instructed, even if ere to bake and harden this, small holes invisible to the naked eye will most likely be opened If that happens, I don’t think they will be fit to use as tableware”
One of the dwarfs brought a clay that was e of this project within the crafts
As expected of someone who has deep experience with fire, it sees First of all, he asked Makoto a point that bothered hi it once, you do soain It apparently closes the holes and gives it water resistance” (Makoto)
“Gulaising?”
“If I re that you dissolve clay ater and ive another pass to the dried earthenith glaze and bake it once again” (Makoto)
“…Clay, ash, and water huh Is the objective to create a filht depend on the temperature, but I assulass-like properties”
“T-That’s probably it I heard that, depending on what you e the color and patterns of it, but I can’t explain it in detail at all though Sorry” (Makoto)
“No no! It is a technique of incredible interest If done in the way you taught us, I think that ill get soth and it will ht truly fall into the category of art”
After being explained this, the craftsman nodded several times as he dirtied his hands in mud
It looks like he learned further than the inforave to him, and was in admiration at how incredible someone specialized in their field is
“Why do you think that-ja? I don’t really understand well the a” (To process is a perfected s are you saying That’s contradictory” (Tolaze, it is possible to s like the ties in weather at that ti ill be affected by it In other words, if you are to put yourof the same material properties, but if you were to tell ood came out, I can’t say I would be able to do it If it were a recreation using ht be a blasphemy towards the article that was replicated”
“…Fumu, I see It is unknown if you would be able tohuh It is true that this would make you want to treasure the well done ones-ja” (Tomoe)
Tomoe seemed as if she wasn’t completely convinced yet, but just as the dwarfs explained at first, ceraht lose them easily places value to the wares as well
“I like it This technique that is as if you are i fire into earth; it feels like there’s a lot of depth in it”
“Don’t get too absorbed in it, okay? I think this is so that the other races can participate in as well, so et a wide space for it Please let the aspirants have a lighthearted experience with it With that, the workload won’t be as heavy for you guys” (Makoto)
“Understood I will discuss this with Ema-dono and do as you say”
The craftsman leaves
Makoto looks at Toht’
Seeing this, a wry s the work, but as the conversation progressed, theit out
“To your hand at pottery yourself?” (Makoto)
“Oh?! T-Then, I will take you up on that offer No, it is not as if I find a childish thing like playing around with earth as fun, I just want to try it at least once, you see…” (To her back pushed by the words of her master, Tomoe follows after the craftsman with expectant eyes
Her lad countenance wrote paragraphs of her eain took root in Asora
“In that case, the probleht, Tomoe-sama It looks like it can’t be replicated This is unexpected”
“Not even with spiritit outside once to try it out, but it was impossible There’s no spirits in Asora after all Actually, thatthis”
“Well, it shouldn’t be a probleer and increase the a to that extent, but well, for noe can still et used to it to a certain extent, we can o the extra length and have everyone make their own tablewares These are not the words of Waka, but there ht be an artist within the races And most i with joy
In her hands, there’s the teacup that the craftsman made It was the first one , so the second round ones were still inside the furnace
Today was the day to take them out from the furnace And To the problematic points after
“But I was surprised when it was taken out from the furnace at first It was made from the same process and only the shape was different, and yet, the iht unevenness between them, but it surpassed even that Also…”
The eyes of the dwarf are directed at the teacup that To of touch to it that is different from that of metal or wood But it feels nice” (Tomoe)
“Yeah, that was also outside expectations I alad we ht Be grateful Will it be difficult to draw patterns and color to it?” (Tomoe)
“I asked Waka-sama, and there’s apparently a way to draw and laze Regarding the color…I think that the clay and the laze will be affecting it”
“And we can’t use ic for that either?” (Too with trial and error Waka-sa this, so it can’t be helped”
There were two points of interest in what the dwarf reported to Toic practically cannot affect it It apparently has so way It was not possible to ic
But well, in the end, it is still earthenware It e, but when they tried to attack it from the outside, it easily broke